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Author
Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter]
Title
A mining history of Australia
Imprint
Blackwood, South Australia, 1995, 335 pp
Description

Includes an overview of Australia's mining history; a state-by-state history of mining; and a very extensive bibliography - nationwide and state-by-state.

This publication was part of the National Mining Heritage Research Project for the Australian Council of National Trusts. The project was carried out with the assistance of funds made available by the Commonwealth of Australia under the national component of the 1990-1991 National Estates Grants Program.

Abstract

Introduction: The Project (pp.i-ix).

Part 1: Australia's mining history:
- Australia's mining history: an outline / Peter Donovan pp.3-42.

Part 2: Australia's mining history by states: (pp.43-186).
- General introduction / Peter Donovan pp.43-45;
- Mining history of New South Wales / Alan Hargraves pp.46-71;
- Mining history of Victoria / Charles Fahey pp.72-94;
- Mining history of Queensland / Ruth S. Kerr pp.95-112;
- Mining history of the Northern Territory / David Carment and Sue Harlow pp.113-128;
- Mining history of Western Australia / Ken Spillman pp.129-144;
- Mining history of South Australia / Bernard O'Neil pp.145-166;
- Mining history of Tasmania / Peter Bell pp.167-186.

Part. 3: Australia's mining history - a bibliography. pp.187-298.

Glossary, Acknowledgements (with brief biographies of authors), Index. pp.299-325.

See also

Related Published resources

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  • Bell, Peter, 'Mining history of Tasmania' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 167-185, https://www.academia.edu/23978814/History_of_Mining_in_Tasmania. Details
  • Carment, David; Harlow, Sue, 'Mining history of the Northern Territory' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 113-128. Details
  • Donavan, Peter, 'Australia's mining history: an outline' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 3-42. Details
  • Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], 'Part 3 : Australia's mining history - a bibliography' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 187 - 298. Details
  • Fahey, Charles, 'Mining history of Victoria' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 72-94. Details
  • Hargraves, Alan, 'Mining history of New South Wales' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 46-71. Details
  • Kerr, Ruth S., 'Mining history of Queensland' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 95-112. Details
  • O'Neil, Bernard, 'Mining history of South Australia' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 145-166. Details
  • Spillman, Ken, 'Mining history of Western Australia' in A mining history of Australia, Donovan & Associates [Donovan, Peter], ed. (Blackwood, South Australia: 1995), pp. 129-144. Details

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